Void

The answer

EMPTY

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMPTY answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1970. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ANNUL (30 uses in xd)
• ABYSS (19 uses in xd)
• NEGATE (13 uses in xd)
• NULL (13 uses in xd)
• EGEST (11 uses in xd)

Other clues for EMPTY

Every other clue in this collection answered by EMPTY, most used first.

• Vacant - used 40 times, most recently in 2025
• Meaningless - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Containing nothing - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Unoccupied - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Drain - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• "E" on a gas gauge - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Vacuous - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• Ready for a refill - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Like some promises - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Blank - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• Depleted - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Opposite of full - used 7 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Make void - ANNUL, used 38 times
• Void - ANNUL, used 30 times
• Declare void - ANNUL, used 26 times
• Void - ABYSS, used 19 times
• Void - EGEST, used 11 times
• Render void - ANNUL, used 10 times

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